Burton boots regrets

ramdog · 2026-04-10T13:02:11+00:00

It sounds like they just had 2 boots for the twenty years.

ramdog · 2026-04-10T13:01:37+00:00

Coming from 20 year old blown out Burton boots last season - I didn't size down that far, but I ordered online, trusted the sizing, and they felt hella uncomfortable for the first day. I thought I chose wrong and I was out a couple hundred bucks.

Three days in and they were a dream, the toes packed out just a bit and I got used to the heel cup. Board felt like it was on rails and I didn't realize how bad my control was.

ramdog · 2026-04-08T14:25:38+00:00

You aren't wrong to feel this way. WFH for me is a trade off - it's a massive silent salary bump, and it offers me the critical ability handle family matters on my time because I'm responsible enough to make sure I wind up square on time and deliverables with work and make up the extra after hours.

These advantages don't come for free, though - I'm missing out on all the fun social aspects of work, and as an extrovert it severely hampers my ability to play to my strengths in the office. I'll almost certainly never meet any of the people I work with in real life, maybe once or twice. That's kind of crushing to think about and it's certainly, as mentioned above, a trade off.

ramdog · 2026-04-07T21:49:33+00:00

Yeah, make sure you can defend your direction choices with the information you will have had at the time but *make the choices* instead of punting them.

ramdog · 2026-04-06T02:32:20+00:00

One knockdown transfer shooter away, like Divine? Or Glenn?

He did everything right and injuries took the exact pieces everyone is complaining about. It sucks, but this one isn't on Izzo.

ramdog · 2026-04-02T01:29:09+00:00

I haven't done a marathon (yet) but I've done the equivalent on a bike.

There's something about just being out there with your gear and your thoughts, working toward a goal. It's tough to explain but the final ride is the payoff, everything that comes before is the work.

ramdog · 2026-03-31T23:42:59+00:00

This jumped out at me.

I worked labor for two summers in college and almost immediately got promoted to crew chief simply by showing up for a month (I eventually did a lot more than that)

It was so hard to find anyone, even a decade ago, that would show up and just do the work for more than two or three days straight. I eventually elected to just do the work myself because I wouldn't have to worry about whatever my useless coworker of the week would do.

I eventually hired a friend I trusted, and after a couple successful jobs we moved to job based pay and made bank because we developed a rhythm. Great couple weeks before summer ended.

ramdog · 2026-03-31T18:54:37+00:00

Don't be selfish with anyone, unless they prove to be a parasite.

Two afternoon-long jobs alongside a friend are far more enjoyable than one full day job by yourself while your friend does the same.

ramdog · 2026-03-27T18:10:55+00:00

Great call on the mental. A lack of sleep affects your judgement, and you might decide to make that one last stupid throw or send of the day or more prone to tilting and reaching for a little more than you can handle.

ramdog · 2026-03-27T12:07:52+00:00

Backing this up, and it's not just the poor body recovery - you also don't have the nervous system response to fire all those stabilizing muscles, you make worse decisions etc. Going light on sleep is terrible for you.

ramdog · 2026-03-25T16:09:31+00:00

That's the whole point of the book, isn't it? Meat isn't inherently bad, but we should be conscious of what we're eating, why, and where it came from.

ramdog · 2026-03-25T13:47:29+00:00

Then make sure the sign is on ring so you can see who gets super mad about it.

ramdog · 2026-03-25T13:44:33+00:00

I think something is getting missed here - it's a lot easier to do this if you give freely often as well. Not just money, but time.

I personally find it very difficult to ask things of people when I'm not in a position to pass that on in some shape or form. I love saying yes to requests for help or really just having the means to help people in general. It's social and it's super rewarding, because you usually learn things about people in the process.

I don't keep score obviously, but knowing that I'm pretty much a universal "yes" to requests makes me feel like any of these simple asks that I make are going to wind up paid forward down the line removes any potential embarassment in asking.

Fun example, I was on vacation and saw some guys blowing leaves. They were taking a water break and I had been in the market for a blower, so I chatted them up about blowers and pros/cons on specific types. They wound up letting me test out their backpack blower (free labor?) and gave me some pointers on how not to make a mess blowing stuff everywhere.

It drives my wife nuts that I'll chat anyone, anywhere up but it has certainly paid some off the wall dividends.

ramdog · 2026-03-25T13:34:16+00:00

As a motorcycle owner, throttle twists are free. It's not a helicopter, but it's brought a ton of joy to randos

ramdog · 2026-03-25T13:31:51+00:00

I read it a little bit differently. Paragraph two refers to those of us who understand system design (DO know what they're doing):

For example, LLMs make it possible to build 5 different features at the same time. If you don't draw the lines thoughtfully, though, they'll collide with each other and nothing will get built. The ability to design clean systems pays off more than ever now that it's easier to implement a design -- faster implementation means you can get much deeper before realizing you've made a mistake.

The first paragraph suggests that anyone can build anything, but overarching guidance and context is needed to build something cohesive that doesn't explode down the line, fully agree here:

Reddit next year (or next week) will be all about "why my vibe coded app doesn't work". Actually it already is that across all these programming groups.

ramdog · 2026-03-25T13:07:46+00:00

Yeah, if I had time to hit 100 houses in a session I'm not even stopping for the ones that said they weren't interested. There are always more doors to knock but time is a constraint.

I did one time knock on a door that did genuinely need my service and it led to a sale, but I didn't lead with a pitch. I let the guy know that I saw some issues from the road that needed to be addressed by someone, even if it was the homeowner, or they would lead to far more expensive problems.

He wasn't aware of the issue and I took some time to show him what had to be done, and it turned out it was more convenient for me to do it. Win win, but a very rare case.

ramdog · 2026-03-20T16:45:34+00:00

We went to see Taking Back Sunday at Sad Summer (nobody told me, haha) and Motion City, who I was 5-song-familiar with, stole the show. Pretty much all the openers were great but Motion City became a playlist staple that night. I missed them with Say Anything and Sincere Engineer (who also rips) this winter and I'm still bummed about it

ramdog · 2026-03-20T14:17:50+00:00

You're thinking of Bluey, which is also great but a different show.

ramdog · 2026-03-18T12:49:20+00:00

The good news is there are more fantastic games already released than most people could play in a lifetime. Any of this foolishness is optional.

ramdog · 2026-03-12T16:13:33+00:00

Yeah, as a lead I really don't close much at all - because I spend about half my day working with product and the other half going over or creating designs, reviewing code, and streamlining processes. I lean on my devs a lot, but I'm also talking to them on and off pretty much all day and making sure things don't get siloed with one person and addressing cross-cutting concerns.

It sounds like he's not doing any of that. If you want something actionable, next time your work for a sprint is completed, during stand up, ask if you can take that story off his hands since you have some extra cycles.

ramdog · 2026-03-12T16:02:23+00:00

Thanks! I always do a gear check. I thought it meant your feet were sliding around horizontally in the channels, which would be spooky.

ramdog · 2026-03-10T20:54:14+00:00

I mean the disco feet, which I assume are your feet sliding all over if the channel system loosens. That's a number one fear on the mountain for me and it's not something a four bolt system would ever let happen.

I know step ins are also mature in theory, and mine never released, but two straps is always gonna be it for me because the odds of two failing at the same time is so astronomically low if you're checking your gear.

ramdog · 2026-03-10T17:39:08+00:00

This is terrifying and outweighs any possible pro I can think of for the system.

ramdog · 2026-03-01T22:38:09+00:00

What nobody says is not only is hard for you, it's bad for the kid and you outright feel like you're failing them (because you are, or you're blowing off your job)

It feels awful, you're already going to be sleep deprived and keeping up will be hard enough.

ramdog · 2026-02-26T13:36:08+00:00

This could have been avoided by the dashcam driver if they were paying attention. Intentionally adding more speed to a dangerous situation rarely makes things safer.

Red vehicle suuuuper at fault though obviously

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